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'''''Six Chix''''' is a collaborative [[comic strip]] distributed by [[King Features Syndicate]] which debuted in January 2000. The gags provide [[satire]] from a female point-of-view.

The series is drawn by six female cartoonists who rotate the drawing duties through the week based on a fixed schedule:
* Monday – [[Isabella Bannerman]]
* Tuesday – [[Bianca Xunise]]; [[Martha Gradisher]] (through January 2020); [[Margaret Shulock]] (through March 2017)
* Wednesday – [[Susan Camilleri Konar]]; [[Rina Piccolo]] (through October 2016)<ref>[http://comicskingdom.com/blog/2016/10/03/editor-s-dispatch-changes-for-the-six-chix Editor's Dispatch: Changes for the Six Chix!]</ref>
* Thursday – [[Mary Lawton]]; [[Anne Gibbons]] (through August 2017);<ref>[http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/07/24/anne-gibbons-replaces-carla-ventresca-as-thursday-six-chix Anne Gibbons Replaces Carla Ventresca As Thursday Six Chix]</ref> [[Carla Ventresca]] (October 2005 through July 2007); [[Ann Telnaes]] (through September 2005)
* Friday – [[Maritsa Patrinos]]; [[Benita Epstein]] (through March 2019);<ref>[http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2009/04/20/benita-epstein-joins-six-chix/ Benita Epstein joins Six Chix]</ref> [[Kathryn LeMieux]] (through April 2009)
* Saturday – [[Stephanie Piro]]
* Sunday – Rotates

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bar:Bianca from:01/01/2020 till:end color:tue
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bar:Susan from:01/10/2016 till:end color:wed
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bar:Benita from:01/04/2009 till:01/03/2019 color:fri
bar:Maritsa from:01/03/2019 till:end color:fri
bar:Stephanie from:01/01/2000 till:end color:sat

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The [[Sunday strip|Sunday comic]] is drawn by the team members on a rotating basis. The look and feel of the strip varies greatly among the six artists with no particular attempt made to introduce any sort of thematic cohesiveness.

''Six Chix'' has been syndicated to more than 120 newspapers, including the ''[[Arizona Republic]]'', ''[[Detroit News]]'', ''[[San Diego Union-Tribune]]'', ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'', and ''[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]''.

Five months after the strip was launched, the original six women met each other for the first time on May 27, 2000. The occasion was a National Cartoonists Society Reubens Dinner in New York. On June 2, 2000, they appeared together on the Lifetime for Women Television Network.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130203034956/http://www.stephaniepiro.com/Six%20Chix.htm Stephanie Piro]}}</ref> The original team lasted for about five and a half years, through September 2005; since then, there has been additional turnover, though original members Isabella Bannerman (Mondays) and Stephanie Piro (Saturdays) remain.

==References==
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==External links ==
* [http://kingfeatures.com/comics/comics-a-z/?id=6Chix King Features: ''Six Chix'']
* [http://www.klemieux.com/sixchix.html Kathryn LeMieux site]
* {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130203034956/http://www.stephaniepiro.com/Six%20Chix.htm Picture of all six]}}
* http://www.chron.com/comics/?date=20120508&name=6Chix
* [http://sixchixcomics.com/ Six Chix website and blog]

{{King Features Syndicate Comics}}

[[Category:2000 comics debuts]]
[[Category:Gag-a-day comics]]
[[Category:Comics about women]]
[[Category:Satirical comics]]
[[Category:American satire]]

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